REGISTRATIONS ARE CLOSED
17:30 - 17:35 Opening remarks
Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, S&D MEP, EP INTA Standing Rapporteur on Russia, Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with the United States and Member of the INTA Committee
17:35 - 17:50 Keynote speech
Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Executive Vice President of the European Commission for an Economy that Works for People and European Commissioner for Trade
17:50 - 18.20 Panel I Preparing and implementing EU sanctions against Russia
Moderator: Marek BELKA, S&D MEP and S&D Vice-President for international trade
EP legacy for the sanctions regime
- Bernd LANGE, S&D MEP, INTA Chair
How to prevent the circumvention of EU sanctions - customs cooperation?
- Sami RAKSHIT,Director and Head of the Enforcement Department at Finnish Customs
Are the EU sanctions working? The role of business
- Luisa SANTOS, Deputy Director General at Business Europe in charge of International Relations and Chair of Business Europe's EU-UK Task Force
18:20 - 18:30 Q&A
18:30 - 19:00 Panel II Impact of EU Sanctions in Ukraine
Moderator: Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, S&D MEP, EP INTA Standing Rapporteur on Russia, Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with the United States and Member of the INTA Committee
How circumventing sanctions is affecting Ukraine
Rustem UMEROV, Minister of Defence of Ukraine (video message)
- Benjamin Hilgenstock, Senior Economist at Kyiv School of Economics Institute
Missing children of Ukraine
- Mariam LAMBERT, Founder of the Dutch charitable organization Orphans Feeding Foundation
19:00 - 19:10 Q&A
19:10 - 19:20 Closing remarks
- Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, S&D MEP, EP INTA Standing Rapporteur on Russia, Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with the United States and Member of the INTA Committee
